AS THE MBTA’S Fiscal and Management Control Board explores the addition of new services and stations, the agency is bumping up against what appears to be a recurring problem – […]
T board struggling with ridership estimates
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T hires new paratransit dispatcher
THE MBTA OVERSIGHT BOARD hired a new vendor on Monday to manage paratransit operations, a move that T officials characterized as a bid to correct an earlier mistake and to […]
Posted inThe Codcast
Episode 95: Freeland rips UMass Amherst-Mt. Ida deal
Richard Freeland is a man of careful thought and measured words. That made it noteworthy when the former state higher education commissioner and president emeritus of Northeastern University appeared at […]
Posted inEducation
The Codcast: Freeland rips UMass Amherst-Mt. Ida deal
Richard Freeland is a man of careful thought and measured words. That made it noteworthy when the former state higher education commissioner and president emeritus of Northeastern University appeared at […]
Posted inOpinion
Financial education can be empowering
FOR FAMILIES TO BREAK DOWN economic and social barriers and achieve financial security and stability, we must help them access the skills and tools they need to succeed. Financial education […]
Posted inThe Download
The Codcast: Freeland rips UMass Amherst-Mt. Ida deal
Richard Freeland is a man of careful thought and measured words. That made it noteworthy when the former state higher education commissioner and president emeritus of Northeastern University appeared at […]
Posted inOpinion
What am I missing at Allston Landing?
THERE ARE OCCASIONS in the making of public policy when you are left scratching your head, because the decision-making just doesn’t make sense, and you wonder what you may be […]
Posted inTransportation
Aloisi wrong on South Coast Rail
NEARLY A DECADE AGO, former transportation secretary James Aloisi assured the residents of the South Coast region that South Coast Rail would become a reality. “This is not just a […]
Posted inPolitics
Baker rolls to GOP endorsement
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER offered up enough red meat to cheer a conservative-leaning crowd of Republican delegates at his party’s state convention — before he heads out on the campaign trail […]
Posted inGambling
Cost of Everett casino rises another $100m
EVEN AS WYNN RESORTS is fighting to retain its Massachusetts casino license, the cost of the Everett project keeps on rising. At a hearing before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on […]
Posted inGambling
Maddox walks a tightrope
WYNN RESORTS CEO MATT MADDOX walked a tightrope on Friday before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, telling the commissioners that the Wynn brand remains strong after the departure of the company’s […]
Posted inOpinion
Taxpayers clean up Big Pharma’s mess
LAST YEAR, the United States saw a 13 percent increase in drug overdose deaths, from an estimated 60,147 lives lost in 2016, to an estimated 67,944 in 2017. For perspective, […]
Posted inOpinion
Arming doctors with a tool to save lives
“It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation” – Rudolf Virchow, MD OVER THE COURSE of 1,000 days spanning 2014 […]
Posted inThe Download
Cosby goes over the Cliff
Two people who you’d never think you’d see in jail or say a bad word in public? Bill Cosby and Cliff Huxtable. But that’s just where the 80-year-old actor and […]
Posted inOpinion
Governor, move more quickly on offshore wind
The following is a letter sent to Gov. Charlie Baker by the heads of 12 environmental groups. ON BEHALF OF THE UNDERSIGNED organizations and our hundreds of thousands of members […]
Posted inTransportation
Lawmakers up funding for regional transit authorities
DESPITE OPPOSITION FROM THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION, lawmakers on Beacon Hill funneled more money on Thursday to the state’s 15 regional transit authorities, which provide bus service in communities outside the […]
Posted inEducation
We need a holistic approach to improving student outcomes
IF MASSACHUSETTS IS committed to equal educational opportunity for all, the next phase of education reform must acknowledge that schools cannot close achievement gaps without a systemic approach to addressing […]
Posted inThe Back Story
Capuano, Pressley tout assets with soft touch
It usually goes without saying that candidates look to play to their strengths and highlight what makes them stand apart from rivals in a race. But sometimes those strengths have […]
Posted inGambling
Hustle up Gaming Commission
It may be time for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to make up its mind about the suitability of Wynn Resorts to open a casino in Everett because the uncertainty is […]
Posted inThe Download
Hustle up Gaming Commission
It may be time for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to make up its mind about the suitability of Wynn Resorts to open a casino in Everett because the uncertainty is […]
Posted inOpinion
MGM has no heart for Springfield
THE RECENT NONDENIAL by MGM Resorts International of the report by the Wall Street Journal that the casino company is considering a purchase of the under-construction Wynn Boston Harbor and […]
Posted inPolitics
Mum’s the word on Rosenberg report
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SENATORS SAID WEDNESDAY they did not discuss the contents or timing of the release of a looming Ethics Committee report on the conduct of Sen. Stanley […]
Posted inOpinion
Fears about blackouts increasing
THREE MONTHS AGO, the organization that runs our New England power grid sounded a shocking alarm: Our region faces a possibility of forced, rolling wintertime blackouts in coming years, largely […]
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Sinning in the workplace
Judge Thomas Estes asked the Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday to penalize him for having extramarital sex with a court employee but not to take his job away permanently. David […]